Drunken Mussels recipe

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
4 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 lemon, zested
2 cups white wine
freshly ground black pepper to taste
2 pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded
1 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 slices bread, grilled
2 lemon wedges for garnish

Nutrition Info

552.7 calories
carbohydrate: 40.5 g
cholesterol: 91.2 mg
fat: 14.8 g
fiber: 7.4 g
protein: 28.1 g
saturatedFat: 7.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 620.1 mg
sugar: 6.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a large stock pot over medium heat. Add garlic and let sizzle for about 30 seconds. Season with red pepper flakes and lemon zest, stirring for about 45 seconds.

  2. Quickly pour in wine into the pan and season with black pepper. Bring sauce to a boil, stir in mussels, and cover immediately. Shake pot and let boil for 1 minute.

  3. Stir mussels, replace cover, and let boil for 2 more minutes. The shells will begin to open. Stir in parsley, cover pot, and cook until all shells are open, 1 to 3 minutes.

  4. Serve with grilled bread and lemon wedge.

Recipe Yield

2 servings

Recipe Note

This seriously delicious drunken mussels recipe is one of the quickest shellfish preparations known to man. Bring a flavorful, wine-based broth to a boil, add mussels and cover;cook until they open, and eat. That's it!

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